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Experts by Experience

Awarded to CHOICE SUPPORT, NATIONAL VOICES

Care Quality Commission(buyer)

Published
Published 21 February 2025
Deadline
Closed 3 April 2025

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Overview

The Care Quality Commission procured Experts by Experience services to support its regulatory activity and public engagement, with two lots covering subject matter experts with lived experience of healthcare and social care needs, and development of a public engagement network. The contract, valued at £8,742,856, was awarded to Choice Support and National Voices on 26 March 2026.

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Lots (2)

  • CQC Experts by Experience Services

    The provision of trained members of the public, known as Experts by Experience (ExEs), to support our assessments of regulated health and care services and our understanding of the quality of care across regulated services in England. The CQC Experts by Experience Services support the delivery of a programme of work referred to as the CQC Experts by Experience (ExE) programme. The ExE programme is founded on the fundamental principle of helping people who use services to make their voices, views and experiences heard. The programme delivers evidence and insight to CQC through regulatory and engagement activities. Experts by Experience have current or recent (within the past 8 years, or within 4 years for maternity services) lived experience of using, or being a family carer for someone who uses, the services we regulate. Experts by Experience help us gather the evidence that we use to make judgements about the quality of care. People often find it easier to speak to someone who has a similar lived experience to themselves. Experts by Experience gather evidence by having meaningful conversations with people using services, as well as friends and families. They will also make and record other observations while taking part in our assessments of services. Experts by Experience Services also support other CQC activities such as policy and guidance development, co design and co production and consultations. The Contractor will need to provide Experts by Experience support in three key areas:  - inspection - support to site visits and telephone calls,  - monitor and insight - support gathering local and national information from the public. This will include special reviews and investigations as well as work raising public awareness of CQC,  - co-production - support to policy and guidance development and delivery of CQC staff training.

    £8,333,333Won by CHOICE SUPPORT
  • CQC Public Engagement Network

    Provision of CQC Public Engagement Network (PEN) to develop, maintain and deliver engagement services with people from seldom heard communities, people with protected characteristics, and people made vulnerable by their circumstances.    The CQC Public Engagement Network is a managed network of community groups across England made up of local and national groups, including charities and other organisations who represent and support people from a diverse range of communities, people at risk of facing health inequalities, and people with protected characteristics.    The purpose of the CQC Public Engagement Network is: - to develop a programme of community engagement across England and to become an important mechanism in helping CQC ensure that local health and care services meet the needs and preferences of the communities they serve.    - to gather and understand experiences of care from those most likely to experience poorer health and care outcomes and to amplify the voices of people and communities across the health and care landscape.    - to increase the volume and range of feedback CQC receives from specific targeted groups across England. - to provide CQC with opportunities to hear from, and engage with, groups and the individuals they represent, on both a local and national scale.   The CQC Public Engagement Network contributes to our assessments and the design and ongoing development of the way we regulate, providing insight and intelligence about experiences of care, from: - people from seldom heard communities, - people with protected characteristics, - people made vulnerable by their circumstances.

    £1,666,667Won by NATIONAL VOICES

Key details

Country
United Kingdom
Status
In delivery
Category
Services
Estimated value
£10,000,000
Procedure
Selective
Published
21 February 2025
Deadline
Closed
Classification (CPV)
Business and management consultancy and related servicesSupply services of personnel including temporary staffHealth and social work services

Award outcome

Awarded value
£8,742,856
Award date
26 March 2026
Contract period
— → 17 February 2029
Winners
  • CHOICE SUPPORT
  • NATIONAL VOICES

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  1. Contract

    2 April 2026

  2. Contract Notice

    21 February 2025

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